How To Add Meta Tags to Blogger
Meta Tags provide the information about your blog to the search engines. Read some of the definitions of meta tags:
“Meta elements are HTML or XHTML elements used to provide structured metadata about a Web page. Such elements must be placed as tags in the head section of an HTML or XHTML document. Meta elements can be used to specify page description, keywords and any other metadata not provided through the other head elements and attributes”.
wikipedia.org)
“A HTML tag that provides information about the web page. Meta tags may contain information about what the page is about (keywords and description), who wrote the page, when they wrote it and much more. Many search engines use this information when indexing pages”.
(white-hat-web-design.co.uk)
How To Add Meta Tags in Blogger blogs:
- Go to Blogger Dashboard – Design – and click Edit HTML
- Search(Ctrl+F) for the following code in the header at the top:
<b:include data=‘blog’ name=‘all-head-content’ />
- Now paste the following code right after the above line:
<meta content=‘YOUR BLOG DESCRIPTION HERE’ name=‘description’ />
<meta content=‘YOUR RELEVANT KEYWORDS HERE’ name=‘keywords’ />
<meta content=‘YOUR NAME HERE’ name=‘author’ />
<meta content=‘ALL’ name=‘ROBOTS’ />
<meta content=‘blogger’ name=‘generator’ />If you get the error given below, copy the codes to a text editor (like Notepad), delete all the single quotation marks and type them manually:
Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly. XML error message: Open quote is expected for attribute “{1}” associated with an element type “content”. - Save the Template.
Hope it worked fine. Drop your comments if not.
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The meta details will then be published on all the blog post instead of the post specific content, am i correct??? i.e., These meta description not only displayed on the home page, but also on our individual post page which might be irrelevant one in some case..
@vinoth kumarYes, meta tags are shown in all pages and it might be irrelevant for some pages as you said. To avoid irrelevancy of meta tags(like Description meta tag), we should create meta tags keeping in mind the main topics covered in our blog or website!Thanks for the drop by, keep in touch..
THANK YOU! You post was the first (out of ten that I read) that explained correctly and it worked!
can someone paste the html??i need to know where the code should be pasted exactlythank u
@MelissaWelcome to TipsBlogger! Glad that it worked for you! Keep in Touch..@AnonymousSee the 2nd step clearly.
Could you please check my headers? Im not sure if they are ok and if not which bits to delete
@auntie_bioticIt's fine, no need to delete any bits!
thanks a lot
Doesnt work
Doesnt work
@BIFS Insurance & Financial ServicesHi, did you get any error message while saving the template?
Nice work !Try tho too…Blogger Tips
Not just adding the meta tag in the head section would solve your problems but you will need to seperate the home page meta tag and the post page meta tag. Or else these meta tags would mess all your search engine descriptions up …
Here is a solution i have made for all of bloggers .. till now most of you don’t know this ..
http://www.vnoma.com/2009/12/add-separate-meta-tag-to.html
Try and i bet this will totally change your search engine rankings.
@taimurislamkhan
Thanks a lot for sharing! Even I was looking for this solution!
thanx for ur tips it really work
much appreciated
Hi Guys, here’s a handy tool to automatically generate meta tags for your blog
http://www.techgyo.com/2010/04/techgyo-automatic-meta-tag-maker-for.html
@123TuneStore
Thanks for sharing..
Thanks, very help full.
Wow! thanks a lot, I just added the Meta Tags to my blog. I never knew that we can manipulate the meta content for a blogspot blog. Thanks a log buddy this post helped a lot
Glad that I could help you. Hey you are repeating a keyword too much, which is not good for SEO. Just a suggestion!
I keep getting an error no matter how I tweak this. Could you please tell me what I'm doing wrongs. Thanks
Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: Open quote is expected for attribute “{1}” associated with an element type “content”.
Here are my metatags;
<meta content=’This site is dedicated to AC Gilbert and Co., and their wonderful educational chemistry sets. As a child, I remember experimenting in my backyard, playing with the alcohol lamp and blow torch. ‘ name=’description’/>
<meta content=’ac gilbert co, chemistry set, experimenting, child 50s, blowtorch, educational tool, international bicycle, tree houses, baseball, comic books, hide seek, 50s 60s, fallout shelters, educational toys, erector set, nostalgia, growing up, westville conn, idealized, ice cream bars, mom dad, child playing, manual, test tubes, science, technology, home lab‘ name=’keywords’/>
<meta content=’ralph slatton‘ name=’author’/>
<meta content=’ALL’ name=’ROBOTS’/>
<meta content=’blogger’ name=’generator’/>
<title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title>
@Ralph Slatton
Try copying the code again. It's working fine now.
thanks brother, I dont know anything about seo, this post will surely going to help me, thanks for your support.
thank you so much, tried guides from at 5 websites and failed every time untill i found this page! worked first time. lets hope this helps google find me
Google ‘meta tag generator’ then use the meta tag generator by simply put some of your information. Just follow the instruction given and edit your template.
@Kevin CKL
This post was published one and half years ago for the beginners!
Thanks for your tips.
Thank you!! I struggled all morning until I found this and it worked seamlessly!!
Hey, thanks a lot for the info. But just one doubt. Does Google still read the meta tags for SEO?
I just wanted to thank you. I had some problems earlier, but with your advice, I was able to get the code to work.
@Vijay S Paul
Yes of course! Just add a description tag and see your blog listed with that description on Google after few days.
@Shafar
Thanks…
not working. after putting this code, no changes in the posting option, where I have to write my tags???
Pls explain.
thanks
@malkhan
There won’t be any changes in the Posting option, meta tags shows description of your blog to search engines.
I’m not really familiar with SEO. Tried your method above, but i keep on getting an error message saying:
“Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: Element type “meta” must be followed by either attribute specifications, “>” or “/>”.
Would you know what the problem is?
@Will
I have made some changes to the codes, please try again now.
Thank’s for sharing this tip . But by this we can only add meta tag only for main page .Is their any method to add this for each post ?
I am having the same problem as Ralph. What is the solution?
Thanks
@Amrish Singh
I’m not sure of doing this in Blogger. Two years back I came across a page in Google explaining how to automatically assign categories in blogger as meta tag KEYWORDS. I tried to find it for you again, but sorry I couldn’t. Try on Google or forums.
@Jack
It’s working fine now. Please try again.
Thanks. Worked Like Magic!!!!!!!!
Thanks for sharing such great information. It is posted everywhere about how important meta tags are but they never tell you how and where to put them. Thanks again!
Thanks for the info!It works.
Thank’s Shafar its work for just at the first i get error messege like Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: Open quote is expected for attribute “{1}” associated with an element type “content”.
And i change all this kind (‘) attribute to this (“) to close the ” content” and its work fine.
Nope not working….
after code I have the following too . But, I had paste after both of them and Template cannot be parsed
my blog
@duke
It’s still working when I checked, worked for others too after I made some changes recently. Try using double inverted commas instead of single.
@Willy
It’s still working when I checked, worked for others too after I made some changes recently. Try using double inverted commas instead of single.
@Shafar – thank you so much…your post really helped me
@Will @Duke
i have same error like yours…if you copied the code format of Shafar at the top…try pasting it on a notepad first…then re-edit the single quotation mark.
for some reason when i compared the single quote mark using notepad from the blogspot html w/ what’s provided here – it looked different on notepad.
i hope i help. can’t technically explain what i meant to
Dear
Please help me to resolve an issue, i have installed meta tag to mah blogs html tag but still google not showing it, the snippet is generated from dmoz… i have tried alot to ban search engine robots to prevent bu the script provided by google webmaster failed to installed ( showing message the word meta matched with end tag what should i do)
Hi, I’ve done what I think is the right thing but when I go to open my preview Internet Explorer says it has modified the page to prevent cross scripting. Can you please tell me what I’m doing wrong. If it’s something to do with my security settings, won’t everyone with the same settings have the same problem?
Oh wait. It worked. For those as dopey as me…change from single (‘)
to (“)
Thought writing it out might help others understand
Ugh, hold on, code didn’t appear..
Change from (‘) to (“)
So from ‘YOUR BLOG DESCRIPTION HERE’ name=‘description’ />
To “YOUR BLOG DESCRIPTION HERE” name=”description” />
on each code
I am unable to find:
What should I do?
Where should I put the meta tags then?
Does anybody here wants to suggest me. What will i put to my RELEVANT KEYWORDS?
Do i need to put TITLE every name of my invidual post? heres my blog:http://xxxmehide.blogspot.com/
We were unable to save your template
Please correct the error below and submit your template again.
Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure that all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: Open quote is expected for attribute “{1}” associated with an element type “content”.
blogger gives this option when i paste the code and save…please give me its solution
Please can you describe the last two meta tags (ROBOT and generator). what should i type for ‘ALL’ and ‘blogger’
@lakmal
Just change the desc, keywords and author.
Keep as it is
@Arif Mughal
Copy the codes to a text editor (like Notepad), delete all the single quotation marks and type them manually.
@Naruto Uzumaki
It’s clearly given in Step-1 and Step-2.
@The Daily Random
That may be because of the error mentioned in step-3.
Please copy the codes to a text editor (like Notepad), delete all the single quotation marks and type them manually.
@Aditya Soni
Changes in Meta Tags takes little time to appear on Google.
Try the meta tag verification option in Google Webmasters and add that meta tag below the following line:
<b:include data=‘blog’ name=‘all-head-content’ />
Good luck.
Please help me in adding the meta tag. I have tried manually, with different online tools but i get the XML error again and again. I don’t know why its so. This is the meta tag that i want to generate and add to our site .. please help me ..
waitng for positive reply
@Team AVIRA
What is the error message you are getting?
XML error … BUT its fine now
… actually i have written very BIGGG discription and lot of keywords .. after modifying it worked awSOme 
ThankS alot ..:)
@Team AVIRA
Good Luck
I did follow your code a couple of minutes ago and it did save perfectly. Right away, i entered my description in google search engine and nothing appeared.
Can somebody help me?
@Juvette
The changes will not appear in the search results right away. Wait for few days and check.
Really helped me.Thanks for this informative post!!
Hi Shafar! This is a great tool for beginners like. I never thought that there could be someone like you who is willing to share gifts such as skills. Looking forward to see more of my posts in the first pages of search engines. Thanks a lot! I really appreciate this site. More power!
@Aethan (AEthanoscopy)
Hello Aethan, there is nothing like skills in this. I got these ideas from various sources and from my blogging experience, so shared! Glad I could help you.
Good Luck.
I Had this error while saving template
error bx-jgfk like
can u help me
@Tehseen
Hello Tehseen, these are common errors in blogger that arise during template tweaks. You can either try again in the same template or change your template. You can also post a question in official blogger forum here:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger?hl=en
its not working for my blog …
Always occure this :
Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly. XML error message: Open quote is expected for attribute “{1}” associated with an element type “content”.
@Born2sell
Copy the codes to a text editor (like Notepad), delete all the single quotation marks and type them manually. Then try again.
and what about each post…how to add meta for each post
@hash
You can refer the following tutorials:
http://www.betatemplates.com/2011/02/adding-unique-meta-tags-for-each-post.html
http://www.newbloggingtipz.com/2010/10/add-meta-tags-to-each-blogger-post.html
Thank you for the tip.
I am using new blogger template and there have much change. Hope, you could update the post.
Hoang Long
it helpful tips for increasing my web traffic..
thanks…
Awesome, it worked in my blog,i copied in notepad then changed again quote , i didnt add description only keyword and author because due to sometime irrelevant to some of my post ,Thank you very much Happy weekend .
its giving this error again and again
Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure that all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: The element type “head” must be terminated by the matching end-tag “”
@Hensaamni
Copy the codes to a text editor (like Notepad), delete all the single quotation marks and type them manually.
hi sharaf
dear i Have a lot of problem
i really v.v.v. Amgry
i fallowd rahul
not add discription but
again and again this showing i put another blog but same result
your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure that all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: Open quote is expected for attribute “{1}” associated with an element type “content”.
@Hensaamni
As I said earlier, copy all the codes to Notepad/other text editor, delete all the single/double quotes and type these quotes manually, then try updating your template.